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Board upholds permit for 22-ft trellis after neighbor’s safety and code concerns
Summary
The Board of Appeals rejected an appeal from an adjacent property owner who said a 22-foot trellis and climbing roses at 1914 Greenwich create fire and structural hazards and violate fence and permit rules. The Board found the Building Department and Planning staff acted within their codes and granted the permit.
The San Francisco Board of Appeals on Sept. 24 denied an appeal of a Building Inspection permit that authorizes a large trellis-like lattice supporting climbing roses at 1914 Greenwich Street, concluding that the Department of Building Inspection and the Planning Department properly permitted the structure.
The appellant, who represents the neighboring owner at 1910 Greenwich Street, argued the structure is a de facto fence that exceeds statutory height limits, was built without required stamped structural plans and engineering calculations, and creates fire and maintenance hazards by placing vegetation in direct contact with the neighboring siding. The appellant’s attorney, Shirley Mu, asked the board to deny the permit or to revise it to reduce the trellis height and move it farther from the neighbor’s building.
“The current trellis allows the roses to directly to grow on my client's building,” Mu said, and she raised concerns about footing depth, lack of engineer‑stamped…
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